Crosscut

Marc Notes: MP3 format.; Compact disc.; Formatted in audiobook format and Daisy.; System requirements: CD/MP3 player, or PC with MP3-capable format.; Returning to China Lake, the desert military base where she grew up, for her high school reunion, Evan Delaney discovers that a disturbing number of her classmates have died young, and when more bodies are found during and after the reunion, brutally butchered, she realizes that there is more to come. Publisher Marketing: It makes "Silence of the Lambs" look like Mary had a little one it never lets up. Adrienne Dines, author of "The Jigsaw Maker"Evan Delaney knew China Lake was a tough place to grow up. She never knew how tough until she returns to the desert military base for her high school reunion and learns that several of her classmates have died young. Then, on the first night of the reunion, another one dies this one savagely butchered. And she s just the first. Someone has an ax to grind. And Evan s graduating class has something to fear. One of the best thrills I've read this year. Miss Gardiner has written a cracker. Caroline Carver, CWA Dagger-winning author of "Blood Junction" A tense and exciting thriller where almost anything seems possible. "Independent on Sunday"" Review Citations: Library Journal 08/21/2006 (EAN 9780340829400, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Gardiner, Meg Meg Gardiner is the author of The Memory Collector, The Dirty Secrets Club, and five novels in the Evan Delaney series, including China Lake which recently won the Edgar Award for best paperback original. She lives with her family near London. Contributor Bio:  Eby, Tanya Tanya Eby has a B. A. in English Language & Literature from Grand Valley State University and an M. F. A. in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine. Tanya has had a series of jobs: clerk for one day at Victoria's Secret, assistant at Carnegie Hall for nine months, voiceover performer for ten years and writer for as long as she can remember. She has two quirky children and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.